Windows

Blinds

COMFORTABLE
IN MY OWN SKIN

Great architecture addresses both our senses and our intellect. It tells us something about how it was made and conveys an attitude to human existence. In her
article, Vellachi Ganesan describes how such architecture is produced. Her credo is: only someone who feels comfortable in his or her own skin can design spaces where others truly feel at home.

UNDERSTANDING THE HUMAN RESPONSE TO DAYLIGHT

Marilyne Andersen has made it her mission in life to understand the effect of daylight on people. She wants to use this knowledge to develop new methods and simulation tools for building design. In Daylight/Architecture, the winner of The Daylight Award for Daylight Research
reports on her research agenda, her work as dean at the EPFL in Lausanne and her experience relating to interdisciplinary cooperation.

DESIGNED FOR ALL SENSES

Steven Holl obtains his inspiration from philosophy, music and literature. From these abstract sources, he derives an architecture that touches people very concretely and emotionally. Jakob Schoof spoke to the winner of The Daylight Award for Daylight in Architecture about his method of working, his teaching experiences and the meaning of daylight in his buildings.

ARCHITCTURE AS TEAMWORK

The time when small architectural practices were able to design even large buildings on their own is past. Today, the ever-increasing technical requirements for buildings make the cooperation of many different disciplines indispensable in the planning process. In Daylight/Architecture, five of these ‘bridge builders’ between science and the art of
architecture report on their work.

WORKS BY STEVEN HOLL

The construction and subsequent operation of a building is a ‘reality check’ of the architect’s ideas and the engineers’ calculations. It is here that the daylight and indoor climate inside the spaces can be seen and felt for the first time. This visual essay shows key examples of Steven Holl’s work in photographs.

MAKING SENCE OF SENSIBILITY

How does new knowledge in architecture arise? One way of acquiring it is to ask the real experts of everyday life − in other words, the people who actually live and work in buildings. In the last few decades, scientists have developed numerous methods of measuring their well-being and explaining their behaviour. Jakob Schoof outlines them in his article.